Pain Management Anesthetic Used to Improve PTSD Symptoms

A new case report, published in Psychiatric Annals, has found that stellate ganglion block, an anesthetic typically used in pain management, can help reduce the severity of post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms.

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Researchers found that there was a 43.6 percent reduction in PTSD severity after one month of stellate ganglion block treatment. After a second month of the treatment, PTSD severity decreased by 57.7 percent. After a year of the treatment, one patient had stopped drinking alcohol, continued to have sustained relief from PTSD, had improved memory function and had become gainfully employed.

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